Indonesia’s plan to ban seaweed exports could backfire – hurting its own industry
- Written by Zannie Langford, Research Fellow, Griffith University
Farmers bringing seaweed to shore in Nusa Tenggara Timur in December 2022.Zannie Langford, Author providedIndonesia, the world’s second-largest seaweed producer, plans to introduce a nationwide export ban on seaweed, following a ban at a provincial level in 2022.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo argued in November that the ban...
